diff --git a/src/applications/phortune/editor/PhortuneAccountEditor.php b/src/applications/phortune/editor/PhortuneAccountEditor.php
index 50a71c476f..8344bc2b6e 100644
--- a/src/applications/phortune/editor/PhortuneAccountEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/phortune/editor/PhortuneAccountEditor.php
@@ -1,82 +1,82 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PhortuneAccountEditor
   extends PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor {
 
   public function getEditorApplicationClass() {
     return 'PhabricatorPhortuneApplication';
   }
 
   public function getEditorObjectsDescription() {
     return pht('Phortune Accounts');
   }
 
   public function getCreateObjectTitle($author, $object) {
     return pht('%s created this payment account.', $author);
   }
 
   public function getTransactionTypes() {
     $types = parent::getTransactionTypes();
     $types[] = PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDGE;
     return $types;
   }
 
   protected function validateTransaction(
     PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
     $type,
     array $xactions) {
 
     $errors = parent::validateTransaction($object, $type, $xactions);
 
     $viewer = $this->requireActor();
 
     switch ($type) {
       case PhabricatorTransactions::TYPE_EDGE:
         foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
           switch ($xaction->getMetadataValue('edge:type')) {
             case PhortuneAccountHasMemberEdgeType::EDGECONST:
               $old = $object->getMemberPHIDs();
               $new = $this->getPHIDTransactionNewValue($xaction, $old);
 
               $old = array_fuse($old);
               $new = array_fuse($new);
 
               foreach ($new as $new_phid) {
                 if (isset($old[$new_phid])) {
                   continue;
                 }
 
                 $user = id(new PhabricatorPeopleQuery())
                   ->setViewer($viewer)
                   ->withPHIDs(array($new_phid))
                   ->executeOne();
                 if (!$user) {
                   $error = new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionValidationError(
                     $type,
                     pht('Invalid'),
                     pht(
                       'Account managers must be valid users, "%s" is not.',
                       $new_phid));
                   $errors[] = $error;
                   continue;
                 }
               }
 
               $actor_phid = $this->getActingAsPHID();
-              if (!isset($new[$actor_phid])) {
+              if (isset($old[$actor_phid]) && !isset($new[$actor_phid])) {
                 $error = new PhabricatorApplicationTransactionValidationError(
                   $type,
                   pht('Invalid'),
                   pht('You can not remove yourself as an account manager.'),
                   $xaction);
                 $errors[] = $error;
               }
             break;
           }
         }
         break;
     }
     return $errors;
   }
 
 }